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some who believe he is not strong enough behind the state of israel in terms of protecting its from iran. >> is a likely to do anything different to bring anything different to the floor on that issue? >> chuck hagel brings a lot to the floor and a lot to the entire defense portfolio. he is a unique person. he served as an infantry riflemen in vietnam. he would be the first sergeant ever to move up the ranks to secretary of defense. he seems to be someone more concerned about ensuring that as we operate overseas, we operate as members of a coalition rather than unilateral action. i think he brings a perspective and a well known streak of independence to the job. it will be interesting to hear his confirmation hearings in the weeks ahead. >> do you think we could see a change in approach? >> i really do not think so. this nation stands behind the state of israel. behind its defense comment behind its right to exist. chuck hagel believes in that. i believe he will do everything in his power to ensure that. >> a group of u.s. banks agreed to pay more than $19 billion to settle complaints st
some who believe he is not strong enough behind the state of israel in terms of protecting its from iran. >> is a likely to do anything different to bring anything different to the floor on that issue? >> chuck hagel brings a lot to the floor and a lot to the entire defense portfolio. he is a unique person. he served as an infantry riflemen in vietnam. he would be the first sergeant ever to move up the ranks to secretary of defense. he seems to be someone more concerned about...
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ex presidenta de relaciones exteriores de la cámara cuestiona a ha gel. >>> cuando era senador como irán, como la dictadura de fidel castro, brennan por su lado controversial por su opinión en técnicas de interrogación a terroristas se espera que la nominación de brennan no tenga problemas, pero el la otra sí podría tener resistencia entre sus ex colegas republicanos en el senado, univision. >>> pasando a otros temas el sospechoso de matar y herír personas en colorado, se enfrentó a la justicia. el caso será visto por un circuito de televisión y será presenciado por cientos de testigos será la primera vez que su. : en marzo comenzará el debate para definir el futuro de matrimonios gay en california. : escucharan argumentos en favor y en contra de la proposición 8, se prohibió matrimonio entre personas del mismo sexo y luego un juez federal la declaró in constitucional. se espera una resolución definitiva en junio. >>>>>> exiliadoss venezolanos en estados unidos califican de in constitucional que el presidente electo hugo chávez no asista al acto de toma de posesión, ve
ex presidenta de relaciones exteriores de la cámara cuestiona a ha gel. >>> cuando era senador como irán, como la dictadura de fidel castro, brennan por su lado controversial por su opinión en técnicas de interrogación a terroristas se espera que la nominación de brennan no tenga problemas, pero el la otra sí podría tener resistencia entre sus ex colegas republicanos en el senado, univision. >>> pasando a otros temas el sospechoso de matar y herír personas en...
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y en muchas declss después ha estado en contra de sanciones contra enemigos de estados unidos como irán y la dictadura de fidel castro. >>> john brennan también genera controversia. >>> john desarrolló la política anti terrorista y enfrentará cuestionamientos de los fuertes métodos de interrogación de prisioneros e la administración bush. >>> pero se espera que ambso funcionarios sean aprobados, la pregunta es si el costo político debilitará al presidente barack obama . >>> aumenta la trensión en venezuela adias que el presidente de venezuela, hugo chávez deba tomar el mandato. >>>e n perú los criminales son más jóvenes, incluso niños, envíe su comentarios a través de facebook y twitter, con el numeral o hashtag edición nocturna los tenemos más adelante ♪. >>> en cadena nacional el presidente de méxico enrique peña nieto envió el saludo de año nuevo a su pueblo, la paz que se logrará en conjunto con los gobiernos locales, educación así como la mejora de la economía y generación de nuevos empleos >>> diosdado cabello, el presidente de la ...de venezuela, ha
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saying things like he's soft on iran he's a bad choice for the job chuck hagel unlike the vast majority of u.s. politicians who keep repeating the all options are on the table montra has allowed himself to say outright that attacking iran is a stupid idea is nomination is seen as a bold move on president obama's part. image wise for the president has hinted at possible changing foreign policy but many fear that charge could deliver that change. more than substance because there's only so much one person can do in washington speaking of the other person along with chuck hagel president obama nominated his counterterrorism adviser john brennan as the next director of the cia john brennan has been in charge of some of obama's most controversial policies including the targeted assassinations program one where the administration determines who will be marked for execution without any due process oversight or transparency is the man who's been in charge of president obama's kill list last year john brennan claimed that the u.s. drone program caused no civilian deaths in pakistan over the prio
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. >> reporter: republicans and democrats are concerned hagel is soft on iran and too tough on our ally israel. >> he's had a record of distinguished service but he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today. >> reporter: hagel insists his views have been completely distorted. he's also under fire for criticizing a clinton nominee as, quote, openly, aggressively gay. >> it's dangerous to roll the dice on this issue. >> reporter: all questions lawmakers are eager to ask when confirmation hearings get under way. as hagel has mixed support on the capitol hill he did pick up support from colin powell. >> thank you. >>> after weeks of recovering from a concussion that led to a blood clot in her head, secretary of state hillary clinton was back in action on monday as she presided over state department meeting, her staff welcomed her back with a gag gift. a football helmet, well padded, we hear, with the state department seal to. she also got a football jersey with the number 112. that is the record-setting number of countries that
. >> reporter: republicans and democrats are concerned hagel is soft on iran and too tough on our ally israel. >> he's had a record of distinguished service but he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today. >> reporter: hagel insists his views have been completely distorted. he's also under fire for criticizing a clinton nominee as, quote, openly, aggressively gay. >> it's dangerous to roll the dice on this...
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war with iran i will take no options off the tape and what i see. some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the word but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue what many of the covert programs of course are drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia that would be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for. coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program is a point of push the notorious war
war with iran i will take no options off the tape and what i see. some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama administration will be less warmongering towards the word but two of the country's leading middle east experts orange convinced vision i would bet a certain amount of money we will hear the words all options are on the table come out of his come out of his mouth in addition to the...
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he has been criticized for opposing israel -- opposing strong action against iran. obama has also nominated john brennan to head the central intelligence agency. we cross over now live to washington. what more can you tell us about obama's pics? -- picks? >> john brennan is truly an insider. he has 25 years of counterintelligence experience. he has been a trusted advisor for the republicans and the democrats. he is very much trusted by obama. it is said that he only needed to raise his hand if he wanted the job, and, apparently, that is what he did. he he supported the so-called enhanced interrogation technique, most commonly known as waterboarding, back under the bush administration am a but that should not keep him from being nominated -- bush administration thomas but that should not keep him from being -- back under the bush administration. that should not keep him from being confirmed. he is a real vietnam veteran, chuck hagel. that is not what is controversial about him. he is a very outspoken politician. he was a republican senator, but it is the republicans
he has been criticized for opposing israel -- opposing strong action against iran. obama has also nominated john brennan to head the central intelligence agency. we cross over now live to washington. what more can you tell us about obama's pics? -- picks? >> john brennan is truly an insider. he has 25 years of counterintelligence experience. he has been a trusted advisor for the republicans and the democrats. he is very much trusted by obama. it is said that he only needed to raise his...
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coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program is a point of push the notorious war on terror in a different perspective and shows that it's far from over they want wars that will not redound against them at home politically so they don't want any more bodybags they don't want more american troops killed to the extent they want to prevent that they want to have all the soldiers sitting in alexandria virginia or los angeles or whatever and running the drones that are killing people whether it's afghanistan or yemen or iran or you know we're however over the next four years the administration's reach will extend far beyond the middle east as it is said to continue its pivot to asia as well as building a missile shield provocatively close to russia's borders last year in a hot mike moment president obama told russia's made that event if that in his second term he'd be more flexible to discuss moscow close search. but it could turn out to be flexibility to words only rather than action believe russia is
coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran john brennan has been in charge of president obama's targeted assassinations program is a point of push the notorious war on terror in a different perspective and shows that it's far from over they want wars that will not redound against them at home politically so they don't want any more bodybags they don't want more american troops killed to the extent they want to prevent that they want to have all the soldiers sitting in alexandria virginia...
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he has been criticized for opposing israel -- opposing strong action against iran. obama has also nominated john brennan to head the central intelligence agency. we cross over now live to washington. what more can you tell us about obama's pics? -- picks? >> john brennan is truly an insider. he has 25 years of counterintelligence experience. he has been a trusted advisor for the republicans and the democrats. he is very much trusted by obama. it is said that he only needed to raise his hand if he wanted the job, and, apparently, that is what he did. he he supported the so-called enhanced interrogation technique, most commonly known as waterboarding, back under the bush administration am a but that should not keep him from being nominated -- bush administration thomas but that should not keep him from being -- back under the bush administration. that should not keep him from being confirmed. he is a real vietnam veteran, chuck hagel. that is not what is controversial about him. he is a very outspoken politician. he was a republican senator, but it is the republicans
he has been criticized for opposing israel -- opposing strong action against iran. obama has also nominated john brennan to head the central intelligence agency. we cross over now live to washington. what more can you tell us about obama's pics? -- picks? >> john brennan is truly an insider. he has 25 years of counterintelligence experience. he has been a trusted advisor for the republicans and the democrats. he is very much trusted by obama. it is said that he only needed to raise his...
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the guy voted to fund israel, voted to sanction iran and target hamas. and yet still people talk about hagel has the anti-israeli pro-appeasement of iran and not an option. you know what? i would totally agree that a strike against iran is not helpful for israel because where are they going to retort when they need to respond to that attack? lo look, there's many ways to help israel. say, hey, maybe more settlements is not helpful to israel. and talking to hamas is helpful. we have a dogmatic vision of one way to help israel and not there then you're anti-semitic and that's not right at all. but then, to what you were saying, the president's habit now of floating these nominees and letting them sit out there for a couple of weeks aenl letting the right have their say at them because when you're just floated you can't defend yourself. you can't appear to be campaigning for a cabinet slot. that's horrible business. the president cannot continue to do that. but that's part of what sunk susan rice and making the hague el issue much more complicated. we have
the guy voted to fund israel, voted to sanction iran and target hamas. and yet still people talk about hagel has the anti-israeli pro-appeasement of iran and not an option. you know what? i would totally agree that a strike against iran is not helpful for israel because where are they going to retort when they need to respond to that attack? lo look, there's many ways to help israel. say, hey, maybe more settlements is not helpful to israel. and talking to hamas is helpful. we have a dogmatic...
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lly wron number of the most important social security issues that face our country today like denying iran nuclear weapons, like direct face-to-face negotiations with state department designated terrorist organizations like hamas and calling into question our commitment to our principal ally in the middle east, israel. >> one of the really key figures in this nomination, john mccain of arizona, an old friend of chuck hagel released a statement saying, "i have serious concerns about positions senator hagel has taken on a range of critical national security issues in recent years." there also appear to be reservations on the democratic side as well. members of that party are stopping short in some cases of offering hagel a full throated endorsement. some democrats have already backed them. senator chuck schumer of new york released a statement of his own reading in part, "chuck hagel has earned the right to nothing less than a full and fair process in the senate. i look forward to fully studying his report and exploring his views." at the white house yesterday, hagel didn't address the contr
lly wron number of the most important social security issues that face our country today like denying iran nuclear weapons, like direct face-to-face negotiations with state department designated terrorist organizations like hamas and calling into question our commitment to our principal ally in the middle east, israel. >> one of the really key figures in this nomination, john mccain of arizona, an old friend of chuck hagel released a statement saying, "i have serious concerns about...
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with iran, we need a resolution that can be counted on and sustainable. that's going to require a negotiated process. that's what the international community wants. there are no advocates in israel getting traction. even the israeli government themselves say they don't want military action against iran. the policy the president is pursuing ratified by the american people, and showing how he's endorsing this in the person of chuck hagel this is where we need to go, and this is the mainstream policy. >> john: before we go to break do we expect a fight with susan rice. he must have known that this would have come with chuck hagel. >> yes, joe mentioned this. this will drive a wedge in the republican party. there is not only a realist perspective in the republican party in terms of foreign policy and a neo-con one but there is a growing isolationist in the republican party and this fracture is about republican coalition. in that regard i think there is an opportunity for a fight. at the end of the day this appeals to sort of i think in many respects president
with iran, we need a resolution that can be counted on and sustainable. that's going to require a negotiated process. that's what the international community wants. there are no advocates in israel getting traction. even the israeli government themselves say they don't want military action against iran. the policy the president is pursuing ratified by the american people, and showing how he's endorsing this in the person of chuck hagel this is where we need to go, and this is the mainstream...
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into iran. or further into russia or china what about internally i mean both nominations come a highly divisive issues like israel like iran from radically different points of view but are we going to see a lot of conflict internally at the heart of the u.s. security establishment if they're in if they're at a point was a confirmed. no i don't think so i think that. brennan is moving. to a more powerful position which the cia will like and i think. is probably trying to put the brakes as warriors the rate at which washington experience it was a war in iraq you can very easily become overextended and defeated so i don't think there will be in months but a lot. of. the real question is what is this war on terror who is it a guest and when john brennan says he will do everything necessary to make americans safer but who threatens us there are no terrorists acts united states except for the ones we're going to by the f.b.i. that's a very good question poli or certainly not a first brought but very b
into iran. or further into russia or china what about internally i mean both nominations come a highly divisive issues like israel like iran from radically different points of view but are we going to see a lot of conflict internally at the heart of the u.s. security establishment if they're in if they're at a point was a confirmed. no i don't think so i think that. brennan is moving. to a more powerful position which the cia will like and i think. is probably trying to put the brakes as...
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we haven't heard any open statements from the chinese government russia is put in the same line with iran and with has also actually has but hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has washing fact we've been hearing constantly from moscow saying that it's not taking any side of the conflict so if we're talking about any sort of simulation here i guess this is what they call a feel for a major a very or an epic fail in the online world but there's also the possibility of getting three friends to help the rebels there also possibilities to supply the rebels with weapons so this is sort of like an online i guess it's a brainwash i feel i feel like it's almost like the old like an old a new version of monopoly except it's like a political monopoly you know what i mean because in a game says you think ok there's going to be lots of noise lots of graphics is going to be exciting and it's going to be equally divided two who can win and who can lose but on this point it's not there's only one side to the story exactly in all games and there are many simulated simulato
we haven't heard any open statements from the chinese government russia is put in the same line with iran and with has also actually has but hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has washing fact we've been hearing constantly from moscow saying that it's not taking any side of the conflict so if we're talking about any sort of simulation here i guess this is what they call a feel for a major a very or an epic fail in the online world but there's also the...
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>> i don't put a lot of stake in iran likes. >> neil: think anybody iran likes i should be worried about. >> i don't give it that much credibility. >> neil: the whole petraeus situation, were you surprised? >> i was surprised. i served along side dave petraeus to include many years in combat. he was a great servant to the nation. >> neil: did you have any idea any of this stuff was combing? >> no, i think the most important thing, he and his wife they get a chance to focus on themselves. that is what i think is most important. >> neil: there was no talk of this or fear he was compromising either military secrets or anything in this affair? >> i think this is now belongs to general petraeus and his wife. i think opining one way or the other isn't helpful. >> neil: how about the role of political leaders being your boss. when a new president comes in whether he is a veteran or not, john kennedy was a decorated war veteran. he came in and bay of pigs and barack obama comes in, which is better? >> i would like to study history. the one that jumps out at me is abraham lincoln. he was a captai
>> i don't put a lot of stake in iran likes. >> neil: think anybody iran likes i should be worried about. >> i don't give it that much credibility. >> neil: the whole petraeus situation, were you surprised? >> i was surprised. i served along side dave petraeus to include many years in combat. he was a great servant to the nation. >> neil: did you have any idea any of this stuff was combing? >> no, i think the most important thing, he and his wife they...
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one of the big criticisms is that he is soft on iran. and now we have iran's foreign ministry saying it's hopeful his appointment will improve relations between the two countries. that's probably not going to go over well here where lawmakers and the president are gearing up for a fight. president obama announced his picks for the next heads of the pentagon and the cia. now they need congressional approval before they can get to work. >> we need to get moving quickly on this. >> reporter: senator chuck hagel is nominee for secretary of defense. a former enlisted man and vietnam vet, the president says hagel can relate personallyto america's troops. >> to this day, chuck bears the scars and the shrapnel from battles he fought in our name. >> reporter: but winning confirmation won't be easy. some of hagel's former senate colleagues call him hostile toward israel and soft on iran. >> i'm waiting for an explanation. i want him to make the case as to why he should be the secretary of defense. >> reporter: confirmation hearings here on capitol
one of the big criticisms is that he is soft on iran. and now we have iran's foreign ministry saying it's hopeful his appointment will improve relations between the two countries. that's probably not going to go over well here where lawmakers and the president are gearing up for a fight. president obama announced his picks for the next heads of the pentagon and the cia. now they need congressional approval before they can get to work. >> we need to get moving quickly on this. >>...
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he said you should negotiate with iran, sanctions won't work, that israel must negotiate with hamas, he has long cut his ties with the republican party. this is an in-your-face nomination by the president, to those of us that support. >> he means they have this to say about the conservative movement, america, the next chapter. chuck hagel writes, so why did we invade iraq? i believe it is the triumph, arrogance and incompetent that took america into this war of choice. chuck hagel, it should be said did not begin his career as a foreign policy apostate, in 2002, he voted for the iraq war. he wanted to tear up the missile treaty we have with russia to build a missile defense shield, and put boots on the ground in kosovo, which was at the edge of the extreme hawkishness. like many in the country, though relatively few in the congress, hagel was changed about the iraq war, he became a cautious critic and ended as an angry opponent. he ended a changed man or at least a changed foreign policy thinker. it was not just the iraq war he began to question by the end. it was the republican part
he said you should negotiate with iran, sanctions won't work, that israel must negotiate with hamas, he has long cut his ties with the republican party. this is an in-your-face nomination by the president, to those of us that support. >> he means they have this to say about the conservative movement, america, the next chapter. chuck hagel writes, so why did we invade iraq? i believe it is the triumph, arrogance and incompetent that took america into this war of choice. chuck hagel, it...
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iran is an extremely dangerous country. this is president obama's choice, it's not who i would prefer to see as secretary of defense. >> now even before president obama made the announcement, a handful of republicans came out strongly against hagel. >> he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today like denying iran nuclear weapons, like direct face to face negotiations with state department designated terrorists organizations like hamas, and calming into question our commitment to our principleal l ally in the middle east, israel. >>> trying to not just score board win after a couple of losses, including the fiscal cliff deal. this fight already looks like a campaign, complete with ads. >> president obama, for secretary of defense chuck hagel is not a responsibility option. >> the same group that put out that ad, the emergency committee for israel, bought the domain name chuck hagel.com and using it to raise questions about the nomination. he's defenders in the
iran is an extremely dangerous country. this is president obama's choice, it's not who i would prefer to see as secretary of defense. >> now even before president obama made the announcement, a handful of republicans came out strongly against hagel. >> he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today like denying iran nuclear weapons, like direct face to face negotiations with state department designated terrorists...
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we haven't heard any open statements from the chinese government russia is put in the same line with iran. has also actually has more hasn't openly supported president assad's regime either and neither has the russian fact we've been hearing constantly from moscow saying that it's not taking any side of the conflict so if we're talking about any sort of simulation here i guess this is what they call a feel there are many simulator simulators. of various conflicts real conflicts which happen before or which may happen in the future whatever the game is about whichever side there are you can always pick a side that's our kind of single it there's a possibility of kind of reporting history here even though there is this conflict hasn't ended yet old you're only taking one side germans take to the skies over disputed territory in the east china sea here maybe giants poor can be a high tech arms race but analysts warning surveillance could lead to skirmish that's ahead. social networking in kuwait has landed two men in jail a court has given each of them a two year sentence claiming they defam
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i think most people would view his position on iran as questionable. to put it politely. the u.s. has naval deployment there is n the straits of hormuz we have to build that threat up to make it credible to the iranians to in order for the sanctions to have their maximum impact that is to change iranian behavior. >> bret: that he was opposed to. >> right as he opposed to. there is legitimate difference. policy originates with the white house. then you come down to, i don't think clemens comments were off by much. if you are opposed to any policy coming from israel, somehow you are to be questioned. i don't think that is fair and i don't think most people in the u.s. senate thinks it's fair. >> bret: the other criticism has been hagel on iraq and how vocal he was back in 2006, 2007. here is a speech he gave after the opposing president's troop surge announcement from president bush. >> i think this speech given last night by this president represents the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since vietnam if it is carried out. i will resist it. >> bret: then he went
i think most people would view his position on iran as questionable. to put it politely. the u.s. has naval deployment there is n the straits of hormuz we have to build that threat up to make it credible to the iranians to in order for the sanctions to have their maximum impact that is to change iranian behavior. >> bret: that he was opposed to. >> right as he opposed to. there is legitimate difference. policy originates with the white house. then you come down to, i don't think...
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hagel's comments about iran have become lightning rods. critics point back to his push in 2005 for direct negotiations with iran and to his past statements like in 2006, when he said i would say that a military strike against iran, a military option, is not a viable feasible responsible option. i believe a political settlement will be the answer. 2005 and 2006 was a long time ago. his views have tempered perhaps, who knows. "outfront" tonight, peter brooks, former assistant secretary of defense and john avlon. let me start with you, peter. obviously the iranian government loves to get involved in these things at times and stir the pot. they seem to love to do that. but how much does this seeming endorsement affect this potential nomination? >> well, i guess you have to ask the senate. i doubt very much that they'll take the ayatollah's advice -- take it under advisement, i suppose. i don't think it will have much at all. senator hagel had some views about iran in the next couple weeks, i suppose we're going to have another airing of those
hagel's comments about iran have become lightning rods. critics point back to his push in 2005 for direct negotiations with iran and to his past statements like in 2006, when he said i would say that a military strike against iran, a military option, is not a viable feasible responsible option. i believe a political settlement will be the answer. 2005 and 2006 was a long time ago. his views have tempered perhaps, who knows. "outfront" tonight, peter brooks, former assistant secretary...
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some of these issues involving israel on iran. he brought up ben carden, we know that there's some question frank lautenberg, chuck schumer, democrats like that. but there's also been what he said about james hormelback in 1998. i know you have done am some extensive conversations with chuck hagel about anti-gay thing. barney frank was very offended by this. just this week said i cannot think of any other minority group in the u.s. today where such a negative statement would not be an obstacle to a major presidential. >> he has apologized for the statement and hormel in a very large statement, a gracious statement accepted it and said, this is really important learning moment. and i stand by that. i think people in the human rights campaign, the victory fund, other significant gay right organizations have actually said they look forward to having -- i went to a victory fund gala the other night and hagel told me, next year, i'll be there. he doesn't have these issues, but he'll explain these in the committee. to dan's bigger point
some of these issues involving israel on iran. he brought up ben carden, we know that there's some question frank lautenberg, chuck schumer, democrats like that. but there's also been what he said about james hormelback in 1998. i know you have done am some extensive conversations with chuck hagel about anti-gay thing. barney frank was very offended by this. just this week said i cannot think of any other minority group in the u.s. today where such a negative statement would not be an obstacle...
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. >> under fire for his past statements about israel and iran. hagel is now speaking out. told his hometown newspaper "lincoln journal star." the distersions about my record have been astounding. once voicing opposition to unilateral sanctions on iran, hagel says while he was "hanging out there in no man's land unable to respond to charges, falsehoods and indistortions, he admitted they took on a life of their own." he's arguing that there's "not one shred of evidence that i'm anti-israeli. nat one vote that matters that hurt israel." hagel defending his iran stance saying unilateral sanctions, "don't work and just isolate the united states." republican critics many who bitterly remember his split from the iraq war are focusing on iran and israel. >> he's an honorable man. he's had a record of distinguished service, but he's profoundly wrong on a number of the most important national security issues that face our country today. >> but this issue of israel and iran is something the white house is nervous about. they began a feverish lobbying effort talking to key leaders of
. >> under fire for his past statements about israel and iran. hagel is now speaking out. told his hometown newspaper "lincoln journal star." the distersions about my record have been astounding. once voicing opposition to unilateral sanctions on iran, hagel says while he was "hanging out there in no man's land unable to respond to charges, falsehoods and indistortions, he admitted they took on a life of their own." he's arguing that there's "not one shred of...